Wagon-body frame.



S. R. STURGIS.

WAGON BODY FRAME.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 12,1914.

1,126,912. Patented Feb. 2,1915.

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w BA m my TD 0 SB Rm APPLICATION FILED MAY 1&1914.

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

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Jwizzleljllqlyfg Witnesses Atto rn eys portion. may rest upon the bottom flange of the corresponding ,rail 1. A. clamping bolt is engaged through. one end portion of each clamp 14-, through the lower or rearwardly projecting flange of the cross bar 12, and through the lower or inwardly proje'cting flange of the corresponding rail 1, while a similar bolt 16 is engaged through the other end portion of the said clamp 14: and through. the bottom or inwardly projecting flange oi the said rail 1, the heads of the bolts 15 and 16 being disposed uppermost, and thumb or wing nuts 17 being threaded upon the lower ends of the said bolts to clamp the front cross bar 12 and corresponding side rails 1 together securely. The rear ends of the rails 1 and thelower ends of the rear standards 3, are connected by an angle iron sill or cross piece 18, which has one flange depending at the rear and the other flange projecting forwardly. The upper or forwardly projecting flange of the sill 18 is provided with open slots 19 adja cent its ends, which. slots engage over the rear ends of the upstanding flanges of the rails 1, whereby the upper or forwardly projecting flange of the sill 18 fits upon the rear ends of the lower or inwardly projecting flanges of the rails .l, and below the lower ends of the rear standards 3.

The sill 18 is secured to the rails 1, by means of clamps 14: similar to the clamps 14 above described, certain end portions of the clamps 14 overlapping the upper or forwardly projecting flange of the sill 18, and the other end portions of the clamps 14 overlapping the lower or inwardly proiecting flanges of the rails 1. Bolts 15 and,%6 are engaged through the respective end portions of the clamps 14c and through the respective flanges of the sill 18 and rails 1. Thus, the bolts 15 engage through the rear end portions of the clamps M, the upper or forwardly projecting flange of the sill 18,

and the lower flanges of the rails 1, while the clamping bolts 16 engage through the forward end portions of the clamps i l and the lower flan es of the rails 1, thumb or wing nuts 17 being threaded upon the lower ends of the bolts 15 and 16 to secure the respective parts together.

Due to the peculiar assemblage of the Sill 18 with the rear standards 3 and rear ends.

hand holes 20 are preferably riveted or otherwise secured to the outer flanges of the forward standards 3.

The rear and gate embodies a frame comprising an angle iron member 21 having its end portions bent angularly, as at 22, one flange of the angle iron member 21 being split, overlapped and riveted or otherwise secured together, at the corners or bends, as designated at 23. In this manner,.,tb,e joint between the body portion and angular ends 22 of the angle iron member 21 will be strengthened. The angular end portions 22 are connected to the rear or depending flange of the sill 18, by means of hinges 24, and an intermediate strip 25 is preferably riveted or secured to the intermediate portion of the body of the angle iron member 21, and is connected at its other end to a hinge 26 secured to the intermediate portion of the rear or depending flange of the sill 18. Thus, the rear-end gate frame may beswung upwardly against the rear standards 3, or may be swung open downwarclly, as seen in Fig. 1.

The side panels (not shown) which may be of wood or metal, may be readily fitted within the flanges of the rails 1 and 2 and standards 3, and the bottom may be readily seated upon the cross bars or beams 12,10 and 18, and u on the lower flanges of the lower rails 1, gimilarly, the front end panel may be fitted; between the angle iron members 11 and 12 and within the forward standards 8, while the panel of the rcarend gate may be secured within the angleiron member 21. The present frame is adapted to receive either wooden or metal panels, whichever is desired.

A vehicle body frame, constructed in accordance with the present invention, will be very substantial and comparatively light in construction, and may be used upon various running gears. The frame may bereadily constructed and the component parts assembled, and it is to'be understood that the frame may be constructed in various sizes or proportions, and is" susceptible of other alterations within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit-of the invention The clamps 14: and 14; are preferably provided with cutaway portions or notches :14

for receiving the lower ends of the outwardly facing flanges of the standards 3.,

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. A vehicle body frame includin angle iron side rails having upwar 1y projecting and lower inwardly r0 eating flanges, forward angle iron stan or s having their lower ends fitting within the flanges of the said rails, the standards having outwardly facing flanges secured to the upwardly projecting flanges of the said rails, an angle iron cross bar having its ends fittim between the lower inwardly projecting flanges of the said rails and the -other flanges of the said standards, the said cross lower bar having an upstanding flan e terminally secured to the last mentioned anges of the said standards, and clamps securing the lower flange of the said cross bar to the lower flanges of the rails.

2. A vehicle body frame including lower angle iron side rails having upwardly projecting and lower inwardly pro ecting flanges, rear standards having their lower ends secured to the upwardly projecting flanges of the said rails, an angle iron sill having 'an upper forwardly projecting flange and a rear dependin flange, the upper forwardly projecting ange of the sill aving slots engaging the rear ends of the upwardly projecting flanges of the said rails, the said upper forwardly projecting flange of the sill resting upon the lower flanges of the said rails under the rear standards, and clamps for securing the said upper flange of the sill upon the lower flanges ofthe said rails.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses SAMUEL R. STURGIS.

Vlitnesses ERNEST BERRY, C. HUBBLE. 

